Drinking-fountain for chickens.



PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906 J. C. NEU & J. HAHN.- I DRINKING FOUNTAIN FORGHIOKENS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1906.

WITNESSES.

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JOSEPH C. NEU, OF NOR"H LAKE,- AND JOSEPH HAHN, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

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Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Nov. 13, 1906;

Application filedlebruary 26, 1906. Serial No. 302,865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH O. NEU, residing at North Lake, county ofWaukesha, and JOSEPH HAHN, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee,State of Wisconsin, citizens of the United States, have invented new anduseful Improvements inDrinking- Fountains for Chickens, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in drinking-fountains for chickensor other fowl, and pertains especially to that class of devices in whicha supply of water from a storagetank is automatically fed to an exposedtrough or pan in a manner to keep a small su ply of water constantlyexposed.

The object of our invention is to provide means for refilling such astorage-tank in a.

manner to avoid leakage of either air or water through therefilling-aperture.

A further object of the invention is to improve the structure in certaindetails hereinafter described.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of our invention with thelower portion partially broken away in vertical central section. Fig. 2is an elevation drawn at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 illustrates theposition of the devicewhen the storage-tank is being refilled. Fig. 4 isan elevatlon illustrating a modified form of construction I Like partsare identified by the same reference characters throughout the severalviews.

A is the storage-tank provided with an annular trou h B at itsjlcwerend. The tank is provided with 'afunnel C, extending outwardlaterallypver the edge of the trough and downwardly. and'inwardlythrough the wall of thetarik :dischar ing into the tank at D'... Thetankis provi ed with an aperture" E di-r'ectly over the funnel C, where itpasses -through" t l1e'tank-wall, whereby the water is permitted to flowfrom the tank outwardly into thetrough B until the aperture E-is covered[by the liquid in the trough, whereupon'the aperture will be sealeduntil the water in the trough B is lowered sufficiently to permit air toenter the tank A throu h the aperture E. When it is desired to re 1 thetank, the latter is swun downwardly to the position in which it is shownin Fig. 3,, with the funnel c projecting upwardly. The tank may besupported in this Eosition by a bail F, pivoted to suitable ears onthetank and provided with a cross-bar f, which serves as a handle forcarrying the tank and also serves as a rest to sup ort the tank in theposition in which it is s own in Fig. 3,'the bail bein' swung downwardlyto a position substantia ly at right angles to the top of the tank for.this urpose. The cars G are preferably provide with fluted projections9, over one of which the bail passes re siliently in swinging to itsposition in Fig. 3, whereby the tank will be supported with-suf ficientstability in that position.

Referring to Fig. 4, it will beobserved the the construction is the sameas that shown in the other views, with the exception that thestorage-tank A in this view is conical and the ears G are attached tothe tank at an inter-' The handle F and funnel mediate point. C aresubstantially the same in construction and arrangement. age-tank thechickens are prevented from roosting on the tank.

Having thus described our inventionnvhat we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I 1. In a device of the described class,the combination of a storage-tank; a trough connected with the basethereof and communicating with the interior of the tank through By usinga conical storan aperture in its wall; and a funnel having its deliveryend extended through said aperture; said funnel being arranged to extendupwardly and outwardly over the edge of the trough. i I

2. The combination of a storage-tank; an annular trough at the base ofsaid tank communicating with the interior of the tank through anaperture in one of its walls; a funnel extending through said apertureinto the tank, and from saidaperture upwardly and outwardly over theedge of the trough and having a receiving-aperture substantially in avertical plane when the tankis in normal position.

3. In a device of the described-class, the combination of astorage-tank; "a trough connected with the base thereof andcommunicating with the interior of the tank through .an aperture in itswall; and a funnelihavmg its delivery end extended through-said apereture; said funnel being arranged to extend when the beiil and .t&

upwerctlyendzoutwerdly over the edge-of the trough; together with meansforsupporting the tam-k substantially :a horizontal position with themouth of the funnel'opening upwardly.

4. The combination of stomae-tenk; an annular trough at the base ofsaizl tank oom- Inunieetingv with the interior of the tank through anaperture in one of its Walls; a funnel extending througjheaid epertureinto the tank and from said aperture upwardly and outmavrally over theeolge of the trough, end haw-ling e neoeiwinag-epenture SUilDSztBiB-timlhy in & 'Wertieel plane when the tank is in normal position;together with e lhaii'l pivot- :el ly .eonneetecl with the tank rendedaiptecl to .serwe .es a rest tor the upper {end .of the tank tameswung (lowin- -whzymenlly :filt right angles to the nenme'l axial e.

5. In a device of the deeorihed :e'zlass, the

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1 combination Ofgfi: conical tank he-thug down I V a-pertured near their1 lower-ends 1e troughiet the hese of said well-ls \ooI-nmuuioeting withthe interior of the tank through said aperture; a funnel having one endextending through the Well of the tank Within the trough, and thereceiving end extending u )Wardly and. outwardly over the edge oftrough; and a rest connected with therupper portion of the tanla.ncl'ede ted to extend laterally to a point suhstentiely in thevertieall line of the trough on the eiale oppoette the tuiumel.

le -testimony whereof we zfiflillX our sigma-- tunes in the preseuoe of?two Witneeees.

JQSEPH .C. NEU. 593131 11 HAHN.

: Witnesses: 1 LEVERETT C. Wtmmwu, \OHAS. B. Fromm.

